Yoshihiro Nishimura throws every ingredient into this overblown, overcooked and oddly endearing underworld rompCult Japanese filmmaker Yoshihiro Nishimura, who started off doing special effects before moving into the director’s chair, is best known for…
もっと読む »This month the school scrapped several longstanding and unwritten rules that governed the behaviour of students for decadesFor more than a century the Takarazuka Music School has transformed thousands of young women from unpolished amateurs into accomp…
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もっと読む »The makers of this ancient instrument were near to closure. But could it get a new lease of life? Katsuhiro Otaki confesses he can’t play a note on the shamisen, a three-stringed instrument whose sound has been the backdrop to Japanese traditional thea…
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もっと読む »Reol – 第六感 / THE SIXTH SENSE Music Video
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もっと読む »Instrument maker responds after people are pictured mimicking car boss’s method of escaping JapanYamaha Music Japan has cautioned against people against mimicking Carlos Ghosn by cramming themselves into its large boxes for musical instruments and equi…
もっと読む »His ‘big adventure’ reportedly involved his wife, a Gregorian band and ex-special servicesCarlos Ghosn reportedly fled house arrest in Japan in a musical instrument case, in an audacious Hollywood movie-style escape masterminded by his wife, Carole, wi…
もっと読む »導楽 / Life Goes On (Official Music Video)
もっと読む »back number -「HAPPY BIRTHDAY」Music Video (TBS系 火曜ドラマ「初めて恋をした日に読む話」主題歌)
もっと読む »ちゃんみな (CHANMINA) – CHOCOLATE (Official Music Video) [YouTube Ver.]
もっと読む »Volunteers searching for the remains of those killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa demand Japan’s defence ministry call a halt to workMillions of cubic metres of soil due to be used to build a controversial US airbase on the Japanese island of Okinawa …
もっと読む »Even with a glorious mishmash of a pop soundtrack, it’s not obvious why Makoto Tezuka’s cult musical needs a revivalA curio that’s lain dormant for many years since it first sashayed on to screens in 1985, this Japanese teeny-bop musical supports the a…
もっと読む »From the Godfathers of Arabic rap to the father of Ethio-jazz, Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan guides a tour through global music’s greatest The Grammys have a major problem with global diversity. Lip service isn’t going to solve itThis week I wrot…
もっと読む »Ryusuke Hamaguchi brings a gentle warmth to this ingenious collection of three stories united by themes of fate and mysteryRyusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film-maker whose work I first encountered in 2018 with his doppelgänger romance Asako I & II …
もっと読む »GFriend band member deletes photos taken on video shoot with figure dressed in German military uniform The K-pop artist Sowon has apologised after images appeared online of her posing with a mannequin that was dressed in a German military uniform from …
もっと読む »Oscar-winning Japanese musician says he is undergoing treatment and ‘hoping to make music for a little while longer’Oscar-winning Japanese composer and pop musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.In a message on his website, the …
もっと読む »Experts warn of more encounters as animals forced into populated areas to find foodA spate of bear attacks in Japan has prompted calls to improve their natural habitat, as experts warned of more potentially dangerous encounters with the animals as they…
もっと読む »Russia to start mass testing of vaccine next week; WHO warns about high average of new cases in Europe; Africa CDC reports drop in new casesSouth Korea fears fresh nationwide outbreakThree quarters of New Zealand public intend to get vaccine, study fin…
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